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Thoughts on the Wii Mini?

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Some people will complain because it's cutting into the Wii U's sales, but if the Wii is still selling well, why kill it off? The PS2 lasted years and years after the PS3 launched, and the PS3 eventually found success.

Some people will complain about the price, but $99 was basically the Wii's Black Friday sale price, so it's actually a fairly good deal.

Some people will complain about the lack of GameCube connectivity and lack of Wi-Fi features. The removal of Wi-Fi is definitely the worst aspect of the Wii Mini, but this is hardly targeted towards people who would actually use Wi-Fi. This is, in simple terms, "babby's first console." It's cheap, it looks like a toy you'd find in a Happy Meal, and it has a very limited release. Nintendo just wants to drain the casuals for every last penny before they move on.

All in all, it's a terrible product, but I don't care because it's not aimed towards people who would care.

I'm not that into novelty collecting so I'm going to say no. However for the odd collector, I think this is a great little piece. Worth the money to produce? I have a feeling that the net loss won't hurt that much. Question, is the controller small too?

Last edited by ParaChomp; 29th November 2012 at 4:37 AM.
Reason: grammar

Utterly pointless. The Wii is being abandoned, and now you're going to make a new one? You'd be better off dropping the Wii's price and letting whoever still wants one to be able to get it cheap, and focus production of more Wii U models, which is the only one that can even hope to compete against Microsoft and Sony.

Originally Posted by LizardonX

Tabitha has really let himself go, just how many lava cookies did he eat in the last 11 years?

Utterly pointless. The Wii is being abandoned, and now you're going to make a new one? You'd be better off dropping the Wii's price and letting whoever still wants one to be able to get it cheap, and focus production of more Wii U models, which is the only one that can even hope to compete against Microsoft and Sony.

Why do you always have such a "no fun allowed" attitude? Take the stick out of your ass and have some fun for once.

Then you aren't their target market, so go away and play on your Wii/ Wii U.

Originally Posted by Haunter227

Good timing to release? No.

It's being released during the time when people are doing their Christmas shopping, Nintendo timed it perfectly.

Originally Posted by Haunter227

Able to create money for Nintendo? Yes.

Then it that means Nintendo has spotted a market that can make them money.

Folks Nintendo have been in business for a long time, long before any of our Grandparents was born and have been in the Video game business since 1974, even to the point when they managed to revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983.

Nintendo know what they are doing.

"Now Count up your Sins"- Kamen Rider W

Originally Posted by Clamps

And here we have GAMEFREAK EMPLOYEE Blaze Boy confirming once again that Red/Blue/Yellow/Green/ and Gold/Silver/Crystal will not be on the 3DS virtual console E-shop!

I honestly think it's a dumb idea. I mean, they just released the Wii U, and now they're releasing a smaller version of a previous console (yes, I did read the comments above). Since, from what I was told, the Wii U plays Wii games, I don't think that it's gonna go far with the audience.

Since, from what I was told, the Wii U plays Wii games, I don't think that it's gonna go far with the audience.

They aren't selling the Wii mini to compete with the Wii U - whether they share any functionality is irrelevant.

The Wii mini exists for the admittedly small cross-section of gaming consumers who never owned a Wii and want to play the Wii's software library. Yes, it is a small cross-section. But that too is irrelevant because Nintendo is not counting on the Mini to carry their sales this holiday season. Like the NES, SNES and GBA last-gasp redesigns before it, it's a means of squeezing a few more dollars out of old hardware that's now easier and cheaper to produce than it was six years ago. Nothing more.

There is literally zero reason for anyone to complain this thing exists. Zero. None. Flat out. If you're not buying it, it isn't affecting you in any way, and the next person to complain Nintendo is "focusing on the mini rather than the Wii U" (you all know who you are) may in fact get a giant candy cane upside their head. Maybe I'm kidding, maybe I'm not - find out at your own peppermint-sticky risk.

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